Church-Planting
Igreja Batista Betel-Cuitíba, Paraná
Our main ministry is church-planting which is to found churches or help with their development. Since 2013 we have doing a restoration ministry at Igreja Batista Bereiana in São José dos Pinhais. Prior to this, we helped at Igreja Batista Vitória in Pinhais and also founded Igreja Batista Betel in Curitiba where Johnny pastored for over 7 years.
Igreja Batista da Fé-Patos, Paraíba
In the Northeast we also did church-planting. We founded or helped in the development of about 7 churches and congregations in the states of Paraíba and Ceará. All of these churches still exist and some are quite strong in their communities, for which we are thankful.
Seminary (Bible College)
Our move to south Brazil was mainly brought about by an invitation to teach in the seminary here in Pinhais. Johnny teaches several different classes and Rena teaches English and piano as well as helping in other areas. There are currently (2018) 21 students with a teaching staff of both American missionaries and Brazilians.
These sites will give you some information as well as photos and videos of events at the seminary:
www.sbrscuritiba.com.br
http://sbrscuritiba.blogspot.com/
These sites will give you some information as well as photos and videos of events at the seminary:
www.sbrscuritiba.com.br
http://sbrscuritiba.blogspot.com/
These are the recent graduates of 2017. Pray for them as they serve the Lord around Brazil. We also have some graduates who are serving Him as missionaries in foreign countries such as Mozambique and Argentina.